Hairdressing cape

ABSTRACT

A hairdressing cape includes a front cloth and a back cloth having water-repellency or water proofing property, a pair of sleeves sewn to upper regions of the front cloth and back cloth on the left and right sides, a round opening located at the center of the top of the front cloth, the back cloth and the sleeves, and a collar portion provided in a periphery of the round opening. The collar portion is covered with a tape-like cloth and has a fastening portion. A neck cloth comprised of a band-shaped terry cloth is attached along an inner side of the collar portion with hook-and-loop fasteners provided partially in a removable fashion. An upper edge region of the neck cloth is formed by doubling up the terry cloth and protrudes upward from the collar portion.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a hairdressing cape for use in a hairsalon or a barber shop when cutting or washing hair to protect theclothing of a wearer from dirt and so on.

2. Description of Related Art

A hairdressing cape or gown is usually comprised of a sheet of fabricincluding a front cloth and a back cloth. The fabric includes a roundopening at the center of its upper region for receiving a neck, aroundwhich is a collar portion. An overlapping section is usually provided atopposite ends of the collar portion or at the center of the back cloth,vertically, for fastening with a hook-and-loop fastener or the like. Thecape is usually fabricated of a waterproof fabric because it is usedwhen washing the hair and is likely to be moist.

When a wearer wears the cape, the cape is fastened with a hook-and-loopfastener or the like at the collar portion or at the back. Since thecapes are usually fabricated of a waterproof fabric and cover the bodyof the wearer all over, the wearer tends to feel uncomfortable due toheat and moist arising from sweat and heat of himself which is notvented to the outside, especially in summer or rainy season.

The applicant of the present application proposed in JP11-318561 A animproved cape that can reduce discomfort due to heat and moist.

The cape includes a band-shaped mesh material sewn to the inner side ofthe collar portion such that the mesh material contacts the neck of awearer and does not cause him a sense of uncomfortable clinging.However, although the mesh material does not cause a sense ofuncomfortable clinging to the neck, it does not have an agreeable touchagainst the skin. Especially when the wearer moves his neck, he islikely to feel a sense of strangeness.

Further, the collar portion of such capes contacts the skin of a wearerdirectly. Some would mind wearing a cape whose collar portion contactedthe skin of a previous wearer.

To cope with this problem, as commonly done, a towel or a sheet ofband-shaped paper is wrapped around the neck of a wearer before clothingthe wearer in a cape, and the towel or paper is changed for everywearer.

However, when a towel, by way of example, is used, if the cape isapplied on the towel which is wrapped around the neck of a wearer,sometimes the collar portion cannot be fastened adequately because thetowel makes an inner area of the collar portion bulky. Moreover, sincethe hem of the bulky towel is exposed around the neck, the towel islikely to be contaminated with a lot of cut hair and water whileshampooing, cutting and so on.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The object of the present invention is to provide a hairdressing capethat can be fitted around the neck of a wearer adequately andcomfortably.

The object of the invention will be reached by the followinghairdressing cape:

The hairdressing cape includes a front cloth and a back cloth havingwater-repellency or water proofing property, a pair of sleeves sewn toupper regions of the front cloth and back cloth on the left and rightsides, a round opening located at the center of the top of the frontcloth, the back cloth and the sleeves, and a collar portion provided ina periphery of the round opening. The collar portion is covered with atape-like cloth and has a fastening portion. A neck cloth comprised of aband-shaped terry cloth is attached along an inner side of the collarportion with a hook-and-loop fastener provided partially in a removablefashion. An upper edge region of the neck cloth is formed by doubling upthe terry cloth and protrudes upward from the collar portion.

Another hairdressing cape of the invention includes a front cloth and aback cloth having water-repellency or water proofing property, a roundopening located at the center of the top of the front cloth and the backcloth, and a collar portion provided in a periphery of the roundopening. The collar portion is covered with a tape-like cloth and has afastening portion. A neck cloth comprised of a band-shaped terry clothis attached along an inner side of the collar portion with ahook-and-loop fastener provided partially in a removable fashion. Anupper edge region of the neck cloth is formed by doubling up the terrycloth and protrudes upward from the collar portion.

With this configuration, the collar portion of the hairdressing capewill be fitted around the neck of the wearer adequately and comfortablywithout forming a gap, by simply fitting the neck cloth of a terry clotharound the neck, and no more towel or paper will be required. Since theneck cloth is attached and removed with the hook-and-loop fasteners, ina barber shop or a beauty salon, the neck cloth can be removed andreplaced with a new one each time having a new client, such that theneck cloth will not provide any unpleasant feeling and the clients willalways wear clean capes with comfort. Further, the neck cloth of a terrycloth provides a soft touch against the skin, and the wearer will wearthe cape with comfort.

Moreover, since the upper edge region of the neck cloth is formed bydoubling up a terry cloth and protrudes upward out of the collarportion, the cape will be comfortably worn without leaving a gap aroundthe neck simply by wrapping the collar portion around the neck in aloose fashion, not in a tight fashion. When the wearer moves his neck,the neck cloth will follow the movement easily and will not make a gap,and therefore the cape will be worn without making the wearer feel asense of strangeness.

In a preferred fashion, with the above hairdressing capes: a firsthook-and-loop fastener is sewn to an inner side of an outer fasteningportion of the collar portion for overlapping with and attached to asecond hook-and-loop fastener located on an outside of an innerfastening portion of the collar portion; at least one thirdhook-and-loop fastener is sewn to an inner side of the collar portionfor overlapping with and attached to at least one fourth hook-and-loopfastener located on an outside of the neck cloth; and at least one ofopposite ends of the neck cloth is a free end having no hook-and-loopfastener.

With this configuration, when putting the cape on a wearer, the neckcloth will be easily fitted around the neck of the wearer simply byattaching the first hook-and-loop fastener of the outer fasteningportion of the collar portion to the second hook-and-loop fastener ofthe inner fastening portion. Further, the neck cloth can be fittedaround any necks, whether thin or thick, without a gap.

In a preferred fashion, the neck cloth is formed by doubling up a maincloth body, which is a band-shaped terry cloth laminated with awaterproof resin layer (synthetic resin film having water-repellency orwater proofing property), on a fold line extending in a length directionof the main cloth body such that the waterproof resin layer faces in,and by covering overlapped edges of the main cloth body with a bordertape cloth.

With this configuration, the neck cloth is slim and has a soft touchagainst the skin and absorbs an appropriate amount of moist, not toomuch moist. Therefore, the neck cloth will not provide an unpleasantfeeling, but will be worn with comfort.

In a preferred fashion, upper corners of the opposite ends of the neckcloth are formed round in shape. With this configuration, round cornersinstead of pointed corners will contact the neck of the wearer, andtherefore will not give any painful touch or sense of strangeness on theskin.

Thus, the hairdressing cape of the invention will be used in a simplefashion without wrapping a towel or a paper around the neck of thewearer and can be fitted around the neck adequately and comfortably.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a general view of a hairdressing cape according to the firstembodiment of the invention;

FIG. 2 is a partial perspective view of an upper region of thehairdressing cape of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a partial perspective view of the hairdressing cape of FIG. 1with the fastening portion opened and as viewed from the front;

FIG. 4 is a partial perspective view of the hairdressing cape of FIG. 1with the fastening portion opened and as viewed from the back;

FIG. 5 is a partial perspective view of the hairdressing cape of FIG. 1with the neck cloth removed and as viewed from the back;

FIG. 6 is a front elevation of the neck cloth as flattened;

FIG. 7 is an enlarged partial section of the neck cloth;

FIG. 8 is a front elevation of the neck cloth of an alternativeembodiment;

FIG. 9 is a general view of a hairdressing cape according to the secondembodiment of the invention;

FIG. 10 is a front elevation of the hairdressing cape of FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is a back elevation of the hairdressing cape of FIG. 9;

FIG. 12 is a partial perspective view of the hairdressing cape of FIG. 9with the neck cloth removed and as viewed from the back; and

FIG. 13 is a partial perspective view of the hairdressing cape of FIG. 9with the fastening portion opened and as viewed from the front.

DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

Embodiments of the present invention are described below with referenceto the accompanying drawings. However, the invention is not limited tothe embodiments disclosed herein. All modifications within the appendedclaims and equivalents relative thereto are intended to be encompassedin the scope of the claims.

FIGS. 1 to 7 depict a hairdressing cape according to the firstembodiment of the present invention. The cape includes a front cloth 1,a back cloth 2 and sleeves 3, all of which have water repellency. Around opening 15 is provided at the center of the top of the front cloth1, back cloth 2 and sleeves 3, and the hem of the opening 15 is coveredwith a tape-like cloth, which hem forming a collar portion 6.

Each of the sleeves 3 is sewn to the upper regions of the front cloth 1and back cloth 2. The back cloth 2 is longitudinally halved such thatthe cape is to be fastened at the back. That is, the back cloth 2 has anoverlapping, fastening portion. The front cloth 1, back cloth 2 andsleeves 3 are fabricated from a water-repellent cloth fabric such asnylon taffeta. Alternatively, the material of the cape may be otherwater-repellent fabric such as polyester taffeta and polyester tricot.

By using such water-repellent material as the cape cloth, the cape willbe freed from infiltration of such liquid as water when such liquidadheres to the cape. Nylon taffeta and polyester taffeta can be crinkledto have irregularity on the surface. If the cape cloth is crinkled andhas irregularity on the surface, cut hair will not likely to stay on thecape surface and fall down.

If the cape is used for shampooing, a waterproof cloth fabric can alsobe used to fabricate the front cloth 1, back cloth 2 and sleeves 3. Byway of example, a polyester tricot cloth laminated with a thinpolyethylene film or a polyester tricot cloth coated by a syntheticresin film layer can be used as such a waterproof cloth fabric.

Alternatively, a nylon fiber woven cloth coated by an ultra microporouslayer of polyurethane can also be used as a waterproof cape cloth. Thiswaterproof cloth has almost perfect water resistance while allowingmoisture vapor to permeate the cloth from inside to outside, andtherefore, thus does not make a wearer feel uncomfortable so much due toheat and humidity from wearing the cape.

Further alternatively, a polyester fiber woven cloth coated by a teflonfilm can also be used as the cape cloth. This cloth has good waterrepellency and causes few static electricity.

As shown in FIG. 1, the hairdressing cape is formed by sewing the frontcloth 1, back cloth 2 and sleeves 3 together such that the round opening15 is provided at the top and center of the cloths 1, 2 and sleeves 3 asshown in FIG. 2. The opening 15 can be opened by separating the backcloth 2 at the center longitudinally, thereby providing a collar portion6 openable at the back. The collar portion 6 is formed by stitching atape-like cloth along the peripheral edge of the opening 15.Specifically, the tape-like cloth wraps up the upper ends of the frontcloth 1, back cloth 2 and left and right sleeves 3.

As described above, the back cloth 2 is halved longitudinally so thecollar portion 6 is openable at the back as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. Thecollar portion 6 includes at the first end an inner fastening portion 7and at the second end an outer fastening portion 5. The collar portion 6further includes on an inner side of the outer fastening portion 5 afirst hook-and-loop fastener 8 and on an outer side of the innerfastening portion 7 a second hook-and-loop fastener 9 engageable withthe first fastener 8 such that the fastening portions are overlapped andclosed. There are two second hook-and-loop fasteners 9 located along acircumferential direction of the collar portion 6 such that the overlapspace is adjustable when the collar portion 6 is closed. Although notillustrated, the back cloth 2 is also provided with hook-and-loopfasteners on the overlapping portion.

When a wearer has black hair, the first and second hook-and-loopfasteners 8 and 9 will be preferably in black or black-like color suchas dark brown. In using a hairdressing cape, the hook-and-loop fastenersoften collect hair and small particles of dirt and the dirt will beeasily noticeable. By using black or black-like color such as dark brownfor the hook-and-loop fasteners, the dirt attached to the fasteners willnot be easily noticeable.

As shown in FIGS. 3, 4, 5 and 6, a neck cloth 10 is attached along theinner side of the collar portion 6 with hook-and-loop fastenerspartially provided, i.e., in a removable fashion. The neck cloth 10 isformed of a terry cloth (pile fabric) into a band. More specifically, asshown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the neck cloth 10 is formed by doubling up aband-shaped terry cloth on a fold line B extending along a lengthdirection of the cloth. The neck cloth 10 is preferably formed of acotton terry cloth. However, a chemical fiber terry cloth may also beused as the material of the neck cloth 10, because a terry cloth hassoft and good touch against the skin. Further, as shown in FIG. 7, theterry fabric of the neck cloth 10 is laminated or coated with asynthetic resin film layer on the inner side.

More specifically, the neck cloth 10 includes as the material aband-shaped main cloth body 10 a which is so formed that a band-shapedterry cloth is laminated or coated with a waterproof resin layer(synthetic resin film layer) 10 b on the inner side. Urethane resin orthe like can be used as the waterproof resin layer. As shown in FIG. 6,the main cloth body 10 a of the neck cloth 10 is doubled up along thefold line B extending in the length direction, i.e., along the centerline extending along the length direction, such that the waterproofresin layer faces in, and overlapped edges are covered by a separateborder tape 10 c such as a bias tape, which is stitched down to coverthe raw edges. The opposite ends in a length direction of the neck cloth10 are tucked inside and adhered together.

As shown in FIG. 6, a fourth hook-and-loop fastener 12 and a fifthhook-and-loop fastener 13 are sewn to the outside of the neck cloth 10so as to attach the neck cloth 10 to the inner side of the collarportion 6 in a removable fashion. The fourth hook-and-loop fastener 12is sewn to a vicinity of the first end of the neck cloth 10 on theoutside and the fifth hook-and-loop fasteners 13 are provided inplurality along a length direction of the neck cloth 10. The neck cloth10 is greater in width than the collar portion 6 such that the upperedge of the neck cloth 10 protrudes upward from the collar portion 6when attached to the inner side of the collar portion 6. To this end,the fourth hook-and-loop fastener 12 and fifth hook-and-loop fasteners13 are located to the lower side relative to the center of the neckcloth 10 as shown in FIG. 6.

On the inner side of the collar portion 6, a third hook-and-loopfastener 11 paired with the fourth hook-and-loop fastener 12 and aplurality of sixth hook-and-loop fasteners 14 paired with the fifthhook-and-loop fastener 13 are sewn to corresponding locations to thefasteners 12 and 13.

That is as shown in FIG. 5, the third hook-and-loop fastener 11 islocated on the inner side of the inner fastening portion 7 of the collarportion 6 so as to overlap with and attached to the fourth hook-and-loopfastener 12 located on the outside of the first end of the neck cloth10. As shown in FIG. 6, the two fifth hook-and-loop fasteners 13 areinterspatially located on the outside of an intermediate region of theneck cloth 10 so as to overlap with and attached to the two sixthhook-and-loop fasteners 14 interspatially located on the inner side ofthe collar portion 6, respectively, as shown in FIG. 5. The second endof the neck cloth 10 (the right end portion in FIG. 6) is a free endhaving no hook-and-loop fastener so as to be variable in wrapping lengthaccording to the neck circumference of a wearer.

As described above, the position in an up and down direction of thefourth hook-and-loop fastener 12 and fifth hook-and-loop fasteners 13 ofthe neck cloth 10 are shifted to the lower side relative to the centeras shown in FIG. 6, such that the upper edge of the neck cloth 10protrudes upward from the collar portion 6 when the neck cloth 10 isattached to the inner side of the collar portion 6 by overlapping andattaching the fourth hook-and-loop fastener 12 and the thirdhook-and-loop fastener 11, and the fifth hook-and-loop fasteners 13 andthe sixth hook-and-loop fasteners 14, together, respectively.

In a preferred manner, colors of the terry cloth of the neck cloth 10and of the hook-and-loop fasteners to attach the neck cloth 10 to thecape are black or black-like colors such as dark brown, such that hairand small particles of dirt adhered thereto will not be easilynoticeable.

The hairdressing cape configured as described above is used in a beautysalon or a barber shop while haircutting and so on. When the cape isworn, the neck cloth 10 is attached to the inner side of the collarportion 6 as shown in FIG. 5. To attach the neck cloth 10, the fourthhook-and-loop fastener 12 located on the outside of the first end of theneck cloth 10 is overlapped with and attached to the third hook-and-loopfastener 11 located on the inner side of the first end of the collarportion 6 whereas the fifth hook-and-loop fasteners 13 are overlappedwith and attached to the sixth hook-and-loop fasteners 14 at twolocations in an intermediate region of the collar portion 6.

Since the second end of the neck cloth 10 is not provided with ahook-and-loop fastener, the second end of the neck cloth 10 is a freeend. The cape is firstly opened at the back cloth 2 and the sleeves 3are put on the arms of the wearer, and then the collar portion 6 isfitted around the neck of the wearer. At this time, the free end of theneck cloth 10 is placed between the wearer's neck and the innerfastening portion 7 of the collar portion 6, and then the firsthook-and-loop fastener 8, which is sewn to an inner side of the outerfastening portion 5 located at the second end of the collar portion 6,is overlapped with and attached to the second hook-and-loop fastener 9located on the inner fastening portion 7 at the first end of the collarportion 6.

This way, the neck cloth 10 is adequately fitted around the wearer'sneck and the collar portion 6 is put on while covering and holding theneck cloth 10. Since the region of the neck cloth 10 on the side of theouter fastening portion (i.e., the second end region) is a free end, theneck cloth 10 can be adequately fitted around any necks, whether a thinor thick neck, in a loose fashion but without a gap. Therefore, the capewill be worn in a good fashion.

Moreover, since the neck is softly wrapped by the neck cloth 10 insidethe collar portion 6 and the terry cloth of the neck cloth 10 contactsthe neck, the wearer will feel a good touch against the skin.

Further, since the neck cloth 10 is thinner and smaller than an ordinarytowel, it will not make an inner area of the collar portion bulky andwill not hinder fastening of the fastening portion of the collar portion6. Therefore, the hairdressing cape of the embodiment will not cause asense of strangeness around the neck. Moreover, since the upper edge ofthe neck cloth 10 is formed by doubling up a terry cloth and protrudesupward out of the collar portion 6 when attached to the collar portion6, the cape will be comfortably worn without leaving a gap around theneck simply by wrapping the collar portion 6 around the neck in a loosefashion, not in a tight fashion. When the wearer moves his neck, theneck cloth 10 will follow the movement easily and will not make a gap,and therefore the cape will be worn without making the wearer feel asense of strangeness.

Since the second end of the neck cloth 10 is a free end having nohook-and-loop fastener, when putting the cape on a wearer, the neckcloth 10 will be easily fitted around the neck of the wearer simply byattaching the first hook-and-loop fastener 8 of the outer fasteningportion 5 of the collar portion 6 to the second hook-and-loop fastener 9of the inner fastening portion 7. Moreover, using the hook-and-loopfasteners, the neck cloth 10 is easily attached and removed.Accordingly, in a barber shop or a beauty salon, the neck cloth 10 canbe removed and replaced each time having a new client, such that theclients always wear clean capes with comfort. The used neck cloths 10can be washed and used repeatedly in a clean condition.

Furthermore, the neck cloth 10 is formed by doubling up the main clothbody 10 a, which is a band-shaped terry cloth laminated with awaterproof resin layer 10 b, on the fold line B extending in a lengthdirection of the main cloth body 10 a such that the waterproof resinlayer 10 b faces in, and by covering overlapped edges of the main clothbody 10 a with a border tape cloth 10 c. With this configuration, theneck cloth is slim and has a soft touch against the skin and absorbs anappropriate amount of moist, not too much moist. Therefore, the neckcloth 10 will not provide an unpleasant feeling, but will be worn withcomfort.

Although the neck cloth 10 of the foregoing embodiment is provided onthe outside with two fifth hook-and-loop fasteners 13 and one fourthfastener 12, the neck cloth may include only one hook-and-loop fastener16 at the center, as a neck cloth 10A shown in FIG. 8. The collarportion 6 will accordingly include on the inner side only onehook-and-loop fastener. Since this configuration is simple with no needof sewing above-described third fastener 11, fourth fastener 12 andsixth fasteners 14, attachment and removal of the neck cloth 10A will befacilitated. Although the neck cloth 10A is held inside the collarportion 6 with only one hook-and-loop fastener 16 when worn, it will beheld down against the neck of the wearer by an inner side of the collarportion 6 and therefore will be worn with no problem.

The neck cloth 10A is formed of a band-shaped terry cloth, too. As shownin FIG. 8, in a preferred fashion, upper corners of the opposite ends ofthe neck cloth 10A are formed round in shape. These round corners 10 dare formed, after doubling up the band-shaped terry cloth along a foldline extending in the length direction, by cutting the upper corners ofthe opposite ends in a round shape, and then folding raw edges insideand stitching down. With this configuration, the round corners 10 dinstead of pointed corners will contact the neck of the wearer, andtherefore will not give any painful touch or sense of strangeness on theskin.

FIGS. 9 to 13 depict the second embodiment of the hairdressing cape. Thehairdressing cape includes a front cloth 21 and a pair of back cloths 22and 23 having water-repellency or water proofing property, and a roundopening 35 provided at the top and center of the front cloth 21 and backcloths 22 and 23. A collar portion 26 is provided in a periphery of theround opening 35, with a fastening portion and being covered with atape-like cloth. A neck cloth 30 is attached to an inner side of thecollar portion 26.

The front cloth 21 and back cloths 22 and 23 are continuous at the upperregions. The back cloths 22 and 23 have a longitudinally halvedconstruction and have an overlapping portion such that the cape isopenable/fastenable at the back. The front cloth 21 and back cloth 22and 23 are fabricated from a water-repellent cloth fabric such as nylontaffeta. Alternatively, the material of the cape may be otherwater-repellent or waterproof fabric such as polyester taffeta andpolyester tricot.

As shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the front cloth 21 and back cloths 22 and23 are continuous at the upper regions, and the round opening 35 isprovided at the top and center of the front cloth 21 and back cloths 22and 23. The opening 35 can be opened by separating the back cloths 22and 23 at the center longitudinally, and the collar portion 26 isopenable at the back. The collar portion 26 is formed by stitching atape-like cloth along the peripheral edge of the opening 35.Specifically, the tape-like cloth wraps up the upper ends of the frontcloth 21, back cloths 22 and 23.

As shown in FIG. 12, the back cloths 22 and 23 have a longitudinallyhalved construction and the collar portion 26 is provided at the upperregion of the cloths 22 and 23. The collar portion 26 includes at thefirst end an inner fastening portion 27 and at the second end an outerfastening portion 25. The collar portion 26 further includes on an innerside of the outer fastening portion 25 a first hook-and-loop fastener 28and on an outer side of the inner fastening portion 27 a secondhook-and-loop fastener 29 engageable with the first fastener 28 suchthat the fastening portions are overlapped and closed. There are twosecond hook-and-loop fasteners 29 located along a circumferentialdirection of the collar portion 26 such that the overlap space can beadjusted by attaching the first hook-and-loop fastener 28 to either oneof the second hook-and-loop fasteners 29 when the collar portion 26 isclosed.

As shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, a neck cloth 30 is attached along the innerside of the collar portion 26 with a hook-and-loop fastener partiallyprovided, i.e., in a removable fashion. The neck cloth 30 is formed of aterry cloth (pile fabric) into a band.

In a similar fashion to the foregoing embodiments, the neck cloth 30 isformed into a band by doubling up a band-shaped terry cloth on a foldline extending along a length direction of the cloth. The neck cloth 30is formed of a terry cloth of cotton or chemical fiber. Terry cloths ofchemical fiber or cotton have soft and good touch against the skin.Further, similarly to the foregoing embodiments, the terry fabric of theneck cloth 30 is laminated or coated with a synthetic resin film layeron the inner side.

More specifically, a band-shaped terry cloth, which is laminated orcoated with a waterproof resin layer (synthetic resin film layer), isused as the material of the neck cloth 30. Urethane resin or the likecan be used as the waterproof resin layer. The neck cloth 30 is formedby doubling up the material cloth comprised of a terry cloth and awaterproof resin layer on a fold line extending in the length directionsuch that the waterproof resin layer faces in, and overlapped edges arecovered by a separate border tape such as a bias tape, which is stitcheddown to cover raw edges. The opposite ends in a length direction of theneck cloth 30 are tucked inside and adhered together.

Alternatively, upper corners of the opposite ends of the neck cloth 30may be rounded as described above. Round corners will be formed, afterdoubling up the band-shaped terry cloth along the fold line extending inthe length direction, by cutting the upper corners of the opposite endsin a round shape, and then folding raw edges inside and stitching down.With this, the round corners instead of pointed corners will contact theneck of the wearer, and therefore will not give any painful touch orsense of strangeness on the skin.

Referring to FIGS. 12 and 13, a third hook-and-loop fastener 33 is sewnto the generally center of the outside of the neck cloth 30 to beremovably attached to a fourth hook-and-loop fastener 34 sewn to thecorresponding location on the inner side of the collar portion 26. Theneck cloth 30 is greater in width than the collar portion 26 such thatthe upper edge of the neck cloth 30 protrudes upward from the collarportion 26 when attached to the inner side of the collar portion 26. Tothis end, the third hook-and-loop fasteners 33 is located to the lowerside relative to the center of the neck cloth 30 as shown in FIG. 13.

The third hook-and-loop fastener 33 of the neck cloth 30 is preferablysmaller in width than the fourth hook-and-loop fastener 34 of the collarportion 26. This configuration will make the third hook-and-loopfastener 33 less noticeable and will not hinder the softness of theterry cloth of the neck cloth 30, while keeping secure closing.

As described above, the terry cloth of the neck cloth 30 and thehook-and-loop fasteners used to attach the neck cloth 30 to the collarportion 26 will be preferably in black or black-like color such as darkbrown. Such colors will make hair and small particles of dirt adhered tothe neck cloth 30 less noticeable.

As shown in FIG. 12, the two second hook-and-loop fasteners 29 arelocated on the outside of the inner fastening portion 27 of the collarportion 26 along a circumferential direction whereas the firsthook-and-loop fastener 28 is located on the inner side of the outerfastening portion 25. This way the collar portion 26 can be closed withthe overlap space adjusted by attaching the first hook-and-loop fastener28 to either one of the second hook-and-loop fasteners 29.

As described above, the neck cloth 30 is attached to the collar portion26 by pressing the third hook-and-loop fastener 33 against the fourthhook-and-loop fastener 34 on the inner side of the collar portion 26.Both ends of the neck cloth 30 are not provided with any hook-and-loopfasteners and therefore left as free ends such that the wrap length isvariable according to the neck circumference of a wearer. Further,similarly to the foregoing embodiments, the upper edge of the neck cloth30 protrudes upward from the collar portion 26 when the neck cloth 30 isattached to the inner side of the collar portion 26.

The hairdressing cape configured as described above is used in a beautysalon or a barber shop while haircutting and so on. When the cape isworn, the neck cloth 30 is arranged along and attached to the inner sideof the collar portion 26 as shown in FIG. 13, by pressing the thirdhook-and-loop fastener 33 located on the outside of an intermediateregion of the neck cloth 30 against the fourth hook-and-loop fastener 34located on the inner side of an intermediate region of the collarportion 26.

At this time, since the both ends of the neck cloth 30 are free endswith no hook-and-loop fasteners, by winding the collar portion 26 aroundthe neck of the wearer while fitting the neck cloth 30 around the neck,the free ends of the neck cloth 30 are placed between the neck and theinner fastening portion 27 of the collar portion 26. Then if the firsthook-and-loop fastener 28 of the outer fastening portion 25 isoverlapped with and attached to the second hook-and-loop fastener 29 ofthe inner fastening portion 27, the neck cloth 30 is fitted around theneck without forming a gap and the collar portion 26 is easily wrappedand fastened over the neck cloth 30.

Since the neck is softly wrapped by the neck cloth 30 inside the collarportion 26 and the terry cloth of the neck cloth 30 contacts the neck,the wearer will feel a good touch against the skin. Further, since theboth ends of the neck cloth 30 are free ends, the neck cloth 30 can beadequately fitted around any necks, whether a thin or thick neck, in aloose fashion but without a gap. Therefore, the cape will be worn in agood fashion.

Moreover, since the neck cloth 30 is slimmer and smaller than anordinary towel, it will not make an inner area of the collar portionbulky and will not hinder fastening of the fastening portion of thecollar portion 26. Therefore, the hairdressing cape of the embodimentwill not cause a sense of strangeness around the neck. Moreover, sincethe upper edge of the neck cloth 30 is formed by doubling up a terrycloth and protrudes upward out of the collar portion 26 when attached tothe collar portion 26, the cape will be comfortably worn without leavinga gap around the neck simply by wrapping the collar portion 26 aroundthe neck in a loose fashion, not in a tight fashion. When the wearermoves his neck, the neck cloth 30 will follow the movement easily andwill not make a gap, and therefore the cape will be worn without makingthe wearer feel a sense of strangeness.

1. A hairdressing cape comprising: a front cloth and a back cloth havingwater-repellency or water proofing property; a pair of sleeves sewn toupper regions of the front cloth and back cloth on the left and rightsides; a round opening located at the center of the top of the frontcloth, the back cloth and the sleeves; and a collar portion provided ina periphery of the round opening, the collar portion being covered witha tape-like cloth and having a fastening, portion, wherein: a neck clothcomprised of a band-shaped terry cloth is attached along an inner sideof the collar portion with a hook-and-loop fastener provided partiallyin a removable fashion; and an upper edge region of the neck cloth isformed by doubling up the terry cloth and protrudes upward from thecollar portion.
 2. A hairdressing cape comprising: a front cloth and aback cloth having water-repellency or water proofing property; a roundopening located at the center of the top of the front cloth and the backcloth; and a collar portion provided in a periphery of the roundopening, the collar portion being covered with a tape-like cloth andhaving a fastening portion, wherein: a neck cloth comprised of aband-shaped terry cloth is attached along an inner side of the collarportion with a hook-and-loop fastener provided partially in a removablefashion; and an upper edge region of the neck cloth is formed bydoubling up the terry cloth and protrudes upward from the collarportion.
 3. The hairdressing cape of claim 1, wherein: a firsthook-and-loop fastener is sewn to an inner side of an outer fasteningportion of the collar portion for overlapping with and attached to asecond hook-and-loop fastener located on an outside of an innerfastening portion of the collar portion; at least one thirdhook-and-loop fastener is sewn to an inner side of the collar portionfor overlapping with and attached to at least one fourth hook-and-loopfastener located on an outside of an intermediate region of the neckcloth; and at least one of opposite ends of the neck cloth is a free endhaving no hook-and-loop fastener.
 4. The hairdressing cape of claim 1,wherein the neck cloth is formed by doubling up a main cloth body, whichis a band-shaped terry cloth laminated with a waterproof resin layer, ona fold line extending in a length direction of the main cloth body suchthat the waterproof resin layer faces in, and by covering overlappededges of the main cloth body with a border tape cloth.
 5. Thehairdressing cape of claim 1, wherein upper corners of the opposite endsof the neck cloth are formed round in shape.
 6. The hairdressing cape ofclaim 2, wherein: a first hook-and-loop fastener is sewn to an innerside of an outer fastening portion of the collar portion for overlappingwith and attached to a second hook-and-loop fastener located on anoutside of an inner fastening portion of the collar portion; at leastone third hook-and-loop fastener is sewn to an inner side of the collarportion for overlapping with and attached to at least one fourthhook-and-loop fastener located on an outside of an intermediate regionof the neck cloth; and at least one of opposite ends of the neck clothis a free end having no hook-and-loop fastener.
 7. The hairdressing capeof claim 2, wherein the neck cloth is formed by doubling up a main clothbody, which is a band-shaped terry cloth laminated with a waterproofresin layer, on a fold line extending in a length direction of the maincloth body such that the waterproof resin layer faces in, and bycovering overlapped edges of the main cloth body with a border tapecloth.
 8. The hairdressing cape of claim 2, wherein upper corners of theopposite ends of the neck cloth are formed round in shape.